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2 Fantastic White Mono-varietal Portuguese Wines

Started by Ryan Opaz · 9 months ago

Do you ever have those nights when you just want something simple? When anything other than opening a package of meat and putting it directly on the grill sounds too complicated and annoying. A few nights ago, we had this exact experience, debating whether ordering Chinese food wasnR ... Continue reading »

17 comments

  • Bill

    1 year ago

    G,


    Very informative article. Both wines sound wonderful.



    Bill
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  • Bill

    1 year ago

    G,

    Very informative article. Both wines sound wonderful.

    Bill
    reply
  • Gabriella

    1 year ago

    They were wonderful Bill! I only wish they were easier to find. I would have loved for you to share your opinion on them.
    reply
  • Gabriella

    1 year ago

    They were wonderful Bill! I only wish they were easier to find. I would have loved for you to share your opinion on them.
    reply
  • Troy

    1 year ago

    I'm so pleased to have stumbled across this site. I live in Portugal and dedicate pretty much all of my free time to Portuguese wine. One of my constant points is that people should spend more time on the mono-varietals and, lo!, this article jumped right into that. Most Portuguese houses create blends, but several of the grapes stand up very well on your own. Based on the review you wrote here, you might want to try the Muros de Melgaco 2005 and the O Nogueiral 2005; both verdes are all Alvarinho. Switching regions (and grapes), Herdade de Esporao's Aragonez and Touriga Nacional mono-varietals are outstanding.


    Great work on the site.
    reply
  • Gabriella

    1 year ago

    Troy, what a pleasure to have you on our site! It's always an honor to get such a big compliment from someone who is obviously passionate and well studied on the subject. I truly hope we see more of you, because it's rare to get such quality feedback from a reader. In response to your suggestions, you may want to check out this article on our evaluation of the Muros de Melgaco 2005. We loved it! Unfortunately, we haven't tried the O Nogueiral 2005 yet, but will absolutely keep our eyes and ears open for it.




    <a href="http://catavino.net/2007/08/20/aromas-sabores-in-..."><a href="http://catavino.net/2007/08/20/aromas-sa...



    As for Herdade de Esporao, we have a Bodega Profile on Ryan's visit there last year:





    <a href="http://catavino.net/2006/02/23/bodega-profile-her..."><a href="http://catavino.net/2006/02/23/bodega-pr...
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  • Gabriella

    1 year ago

    Troy, what a pleasure to have you on our site! It's always an honor to get such a big compliment from someone who is obviously passionate and well studied on the subject. I truly hope we see more of you, because it's rare to get such quality feedback from a reader. In response to your suggestions, you may want to check out this article on our evaluation of the Muros de Melgaco 2005. We loved it! Unfortunately, we haven't tried the O Nogueiral 2005 yet, but will absolutely keep our eyes and ears open for it.




    <a href="http://catavino.net/2007/08/20/aromas-sabores-in-..."><a href="http://catavino.net/2007/08/20/aromas-sa...



    As for Herdade de Esporao, we have a Bodega Profile on Ryan's visit there last year:





    <a href="http://catavino.net/2006/02/23/bodega-profile-her..."><a href="http://catavino.net/2006/02/23/bodega-pr...
    reply
  • Gabriella

    1 year ago

    Troy, what a pleasure to have you on our site! It's always an honor to get such a big compliment from someone who is obviously passionate and well studied on the subject. I truly hope we see more of you, because it's rare to get such quality feedback from a reader. In response to your suggestions, you may want to check out this article on our evaluation of the Muros de Melgaco 2005. We loved it! Unfortunately, we haven't tried the O Nogueiral 2005 yet, but will absolutely keep our eyes and ears open for it.




    <a href="http://catavino.net/2007/08/20/aromas-sabores-in-..."><a href="http://catavino.net/2007/08/20/aromas-sa...



    As for Herdade de Esporao, we have a Bodega Profile on Ryan's visit there last year:





    <a href="http://catavino.net/2006/02/23/bodega-profile-her..."><a href="http://catavino.net/2006/02/23/bodega-pr...
    reply
  • Troy

    1 year ago

    I'm so pleased to have stumbled across this site. I live in Portugal and dedicate pretty much all of my free time to Portuguese wine. One of my constant points is that people should spend more time on the mono-varietals and, lo!, this article jumped right into that. Most Portuguese houses create blends, but several of the grapes stand up very well on your own. Based on the review you wrote here, you might want to try the Muros de Melgaco 2005 and the O Nogueiral 2005; both verdes are all Alvarinho. Switching regions (and grapes), Herdade de Esporao's Aragonez and Touriga Nacional mono-varietals are outstanding.

    Great work on the site.
    reply
  • Gabriella

    1 year ago

    Troy, what a pleasure to have you on our site! It's always an honor to get such a big compliment from someone who is obviously passionate and well studied on the subject. I truly hope we see more of you, because it's rare to get such quality feedback from a reader. In response to your suggestions, you may want to check out this article on our evaluation of the Muros de Melgaco 2005. We loved it! Unfortunately, we haven't tried the O Nogueiral 2005 yet, but will absolutely keep our eyes and ears open for it.
    http://catavino.net/2007/08/20/aromas-sabores-i...

    As for Herdade de Esporao, we have a Bodega Profile on Ryan's visit there last year:
    http://catavino.net/2006/02/23/bodega-profile-h....
    reply
  • Vitor Mendes

    1 year ago

    Is very nice to see that the portuguese wines have this kind of critics. I have a litle wine shop here in Portugal, were i try to have some "pearls", that are hard to find at the large surfaces that we have in our country. Our objective is to give a personalized treatment to our customers.




    Between the "pearls" in our store, i am proud to have this two wines, Verdelho (José Maria da Fonseca) and Camélia. The first producer is one of the larger wineries here in Portugal, but is a wine with a short production, made by the chief enologist (Domingos Soares Franco). As you wll say, the grapes Verdelho are very used at Madeira´s, and this experience in Terras do Sado were one of the best experiences i have ever tasted in my life. As for Camélia, is a wine from a small producer, with an also small production, but is really one of the best mono-varietals with Loureiro grapes that i have experienced. I have heard of this wine throug one of my customers, and this is also a good way of knowing waht is beeing produced in our country.





    Finally, i just want to say, that i´ll be very interested in continuing reading your site, and i put myself at your disposal for any questions on portugese wines.



    Best Regards
    reply
  • Vitor Mendes

    1 year ago

    Is very nice to see that the portuguese wines have this kind of critics. I have a litle wine shop here in Portugal, were i try to have some "pearls", that are hard to find at the large surfaces that we have in our country. Our objective is to give a personalized treatment to our customers.
    Between the "pearls" in our store, i am proud to have this two wines, Verdelho (José Maria da Fonseca) and Camélia. The first producer is one of the larger wineries here in Portugal, but is a wine with a short production, made by the chief enologist (Domingos Soares Franco). As you wll say, the grapes Verdelho are very used at Madeira´s, and this experience in Terras do Sado were one of the best experiences i have ever tasted in my life. As for Camélia, is a wine from a small producer, with an also small production, but is really one of the best mono-varietals with Loureiro grapes that i have experienced. I have heard of this wine throug one of my customers, and this is also a good way of knowing waht is beeing produced in our country.
    Finally, i just want to say, that i´ll be very interested in continuing reading your site, and i put myself at your disposal for any questions on portugese wines.

    Best Regards
    reply
  • Troy

    1 year ago

    Vitor Mendes! Where is your shop? I would like to drop by, but you didn't tell us the location or the name of the shop. I'm in Lisbon, but I get around the country a lot.


    Hope to see you soon.
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  • Troy

    1 year ago

    Vitor Mendes! Where is your shop? I would like to drop by, but you didn't tell us the location or the name of the shop. I'm in Lisbon, but I get around the country a lot.

    Hope to see you soon.
    reply
  • Vitor Mendes

    1 year ago

    Hello Troy, sorry for the delay answering you.


    Our shop is in Santa Maria da Feira, more exactely Rua Dr. José Correia de Sá, 53. Our phone number is 256 338 110. You´ll be very welcome. Thank you for your interest.



    Regards
    reply
  • Vitor Mendes

    1 year ago

    Hello Troy, sorry for the delay answering you.

    Our shop is in Santa Maria da Feira, more exactely Rua Dr. José Correia de Sá, 53. Our phone number is 256 338 110. You´ll be very welcome. Thank you for your interest.

    Regards
    reply
  • Nick Oakley

    6 months ago

    Just to catch you up on the Verdelho garpe variety. It is indeed called Gouveio in the Douro and is the same as the Godello of Bierzo and Valdeorras. Not linked at all to the Verdejo, despite the similar-sounding name. Hope this helps
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